Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-29
BOURBON THIEVIAG.

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10000 copies of the report Of the
Legislative Debt Committee as re-
CARDS its failure to do anything
worthy of patriot towards getting
this troublesome question ont OF
sight forever, some one connected
with the Richmond Dispatch has
learned that $4,000 copies were sent
to Mr.. Speaker Stuart as per ORDER
Whose Orderl Who has the right to
make the Speaker of the House of
Delegates the distributor of public
documents Who will pay the pos
tage on this matter? This is most
ridiculous position to put the gov
eminent OF Virginia in, and the peo-
pie Will hear more of it. Then,
again, the Dispatch man says an
other batch of $4,000 copies of this
excellent document are now locked
up in the Public Printers office
awaiting the order of that old states
man and alleged repudiator-Rev.
John E. Massey.
We have nothing more to say. If
the people can afford to permit these
things and pay for them. we shall
not complain. AS an independent
paper, The Truth wants to say that
the Democrats should "tOte" fair
with the Republicans in the distri-
button of this public literature
Richmond Truth.
In confirmation of the above the
Telephone is informed BY member
of the Legislature that he received
three copies of the report above men.
toned, and that he made applica-
ton to the proper authority for
more, and in reply was informed
that the reports had been shipped
IN bulk to Speaker Stewart, at Al.
exandria. He then applied to Mr..
Stewart and wasinformed that mem
bers of the Legislature are entitled
to only three copies.
Now the very pertinent question
arises: For what purpose did the
Legislature order 10000 copies of
this report printed; and who has
pointed Speaker Stuart custodian
of public documents and authorized
him to say that members OF the
General Assembly are entitled to
but three copies each out OF a total
of $4,000?
The fact of the case is just this:
The Democrats convened the Leg
islature in extra session and ap-
pointed that debt committee III
the desperate hope Of saving their
party from defeat; and the only
thing they have to show for it is
that report. And in their despera-
ton they propose to play that for
all it is worth-which, indeed, is
very little. TO this end they have
Struggled these documents, which
belong to the state, away from the
Capitol to be used in advancing
the interests of their party. Indeed,
we do not believe that it is charg-
ing too much to say that this report
was framed with view to making
a campaign document. They de-
liberately robbed the state in order
to have a large lot of the reports
printed, and then, with unparalleled
ed cheek, they cody steel nearly
the whole pile of the documents.
True. the people do not so much
prize this report of the state com
mlttee that they will quarrel about
them, for few people will walk across
the street for a copy and fewer still
would read it through if placed in
their hands; for everybody recog-
nizes that the labor of that commit,
tee was a grand fizzle-a political
fash in the pan-and being a thing
of the past, and Of little or no con
sequence. not many care anything
about it: but they--the people-do
care to inquire, why we're those doc
uments printed at the states ex-
Depse to be used for a partisan pur-
pose ? And they expect to have a
reply to that question'-Lo&don@
TelephOne.